Category: Agents

Illegal immigrant who threatened to kill Trump arrested by ICE agents

Ramon Morales-Reyes - Department of Homeland Security
Ramon Morales-Reyes – Department of Homeland Security

OAN Staff Blake Wolf
3:51 PM – Wednesday, May 28, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien who allegedly sought to kill President Donald Trump prior to self-deporting to Mexico.

Ramon Morales-Reyes, a Mexican national, was arrested on May 22nd after an ICE field officer received a threatening letter from Morales-Reyes targeting President Trump.

“We are tired of this president messing with us Mexicans – we have done more for this country than you white people,” Morales-Reyes reportedly wrote. “You have been deporting my family and I think it is time Donald J. Trump get what he has coming to him.”

“I will self deport myself back to Mexico, but not before I use my 30 yard 6 to shoot your precious president in his head – I will see him at one of his big ralleys,” he continued.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Morales-Reyes’ arrest on Wednesday, calling on politicians and the media to “tone down their rhetoric.”

“Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind bars,” Noem stated.

“This threat comes not even a year after President Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania and less than two weeks after former FBI Director Comey called for the President’s assassination. All politicians and members of the media should take notice of these repeated attempts on President Trump’s life and tone down their rhetoric. I will continue to take all measures necessary to ensure the protection of President Trump,” she added.

Morales-Reyes, 54, reportedly illegally entered the United States nine times between 1998 and 2005, and has since racked up a criminal record including a felony hit-and-run, criminal damage to property, as well as disorderly conduct with a domestic abuse modifier.

Morales-Reyes is currently being held at Dodge County Jail in Juneau, Wisconsin, pending deportation proceedings.

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Kash Patel Announces Plan to Cut ATF by Reassigning 1,000 Agents to FBI ~ VIDEO

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Washington, D.C. – In a bold move that’s being celebrated by many in the gun rights community, newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has unveiled a major restructuring plan that could gut the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). On the heels of 14 anti-gun House Democrats demanding President Trump remove Kash Patel as head of the ATF, Trump/Kash is now reassigning up to 1,000 of its agents to the FBI.

That’s more than a third of the entire ATF agent workforce.

Patel, who also serves as Acting Director of the ATF, began his leadership of both agencies under President Donald Trump’s direction last month. According to reports, the reassignments are being framed as part of a “surge initiative” to support border enforcement and combat organized crime. But the long-term result could be a significant reduction in the ATF’s footprint—something many gun owners have demanded for decades.

“The ATF has been weaponized for too long,” said one pro-2A activist who applauded the move. “It’s about time someone stepped in to start reining them in.”

An ATF spokeswoman tried to downplay the situation, claiming the move was only temporary and that agents would still be working as part of the ATF in other field offices. But sources close to the plan suggest otherwise—indicating that while it may start as temporary, these agents will be absorbed into the FBI with no clear return date. In effect, the ATF’s enforcement arm could be permanently thinned out.

The plan, first reported by CNN, triggered some pushback, including from inside the Republican Party. That mild backlash reportedly caused FBI officials to hesitate slightly—but for now, the plan still appears to be moving forward.

This isn’t the first time a presidential administration has considered folding part of the ATF into the FBI. In fact, even Joe Biden floated the idea while serving as vice president under Obama. But under the Trump-Patel team, this could be the first time it’s implemented.

The ATF currently employs around 2,600 special agents and has a total staff of over 5,000. That number has barely changed in years, but this plan—if carried out—would make one of the most significant cuts to the agency in its history.

Gun rights advocates have long argued that the ATF operates with vague laws, questionable tactics, and aggressive enforcement that often crosses constitutional lines. From the Waco siege in the 1990s to recent crackdowns on pistol braces, solvent traps, and forced-reset triggers, the agency has become a symbol of federal overreach in the eyes of millions of Americans.

Now, with Patel at the helm of both the FBI and ATF, a quiet but powerful shift may be underway—one that reflects the belief that protecting the border and fighting real crime is a better use of federal manpower than going after law-abiding gun owners.

Stay tuned. The ATF may never be the same again.

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